[Look he first met Steve while Steve was a merman, okay, and not wearing any kind of shirt at all, much less one with a star, cut him some slack. Though now that he thinks about it, there was footage from that Big Brother flood that had him in a spangled uniform. Ok, cool, got it. That's the situation they're talking about. Bill didn't take the opportunity to leave when Steve damaged the Barge? Bill stopped him?

It can't be that simple. Bill can't be sitting here waiting to get redeemed, that's not how he does things. There must be more to it -- something else Bill is up to, some other way he plans to get around the system. He frowns and files this information away for another time, when he's not dealing with Bill directly.

Speaking of, it's time to do Ford's favorite thing: breeze past questions he doesn't want to answer with bravado and deflection!]

That's not important. What matters is, you might actually have a chance of getting out of here! Bill Cipher, graduating from the Barge. Ha ha, that -- that's weird. Who'd have thought?

So, who is it? If it's not the Admiral, then it must be one of the wardens or inmates. Is it Luke? ...it's probably Luke.

[Can Stanford Pines Direct The Conversation Away From How No Matter How Many Times He's Told Bill Isn't His Problem He Is Too Worried About Impending Disaster To Turn A Blind Eye? The Answer Will Surprise You!]